EA releases launch trailer for The Sims 3: Island Paradise

The only certain things in life are taxes, death and expansion packs for The Sims and today EA has released the launch trailer for The Sims 3: Island Paradise. Pack your things and take your Sims on a lovely tropical vacation complete with mermaids, the ability to build boat houses on the water, shark attacks, underwater woohoos, deep sea diving, jet skiing, and much more. From the trailer it also looks like your Sims can also meet their hilarious demise by being attacked by giant underwater squids.

There will be a Sims Live broadcast tomorrow at 10AM PDT featuring a live demo of the games new underwater features. A team member from The Sims 4 will also be there to discuss the Sims 4 coming next year. The live broadcast can be found at the following link. www.thesims.com/live.

The Sims 3: Island Paradise is currently available for pre-order and will be released in retail stores and digitally on Origin.com on June 25, 2013. If you pre-order, you will get the Limited Edition of the game which comes with the Island Survival Pack. If 4,000 copies of The Sims 3: Island Paradise are made on Origin, everyone that pre-orders before June 21 will automatically receive The Sims 3: Barnacle Bay.